Damaso Lopez

Damaso "El Licenciado" Lopez Nunez (22 February 1966-) was the boss of the Sinaloa Cartel from 2017 to 2018, succeeding El Chapo and preceding Ismael Zambada Garcia.

Biography
Damaso Lopez Nunez was born in Eldorado, Sinaloa, Mexico in 1966, and he became a key lieutenant of the Sinaloa Cartel under El Chapo. In 2011, El Chapo entrusted Lopez with the territories of Navolato and Los Cabos as the DEA and the Mexican government cracked down on the Cartel's operations. In 2017, after El Chapo's capture by the Mexican government, Lopez became the new leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. However, on 2 May 2017, Lopez was arrested by the Mexican Army in Mexico City and was extradited to the United States and sentenced to life in prison in September 2018.